Press Release

Date: 3/5/09

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MUSIC FOR MANKIND® FOUNDER KELLY MOORE INVITED AS A UNITED STATES DELEGATE TO PERU

Representing Music For Mankind® and Friends of the World Food Program, Moore to observe successes of his foundation and witness the pilot programs known as the “United Nations Millennium Development Goals”

MANCHESTER VT: Contemporary folk singer, guitarist and composer Kelly Moore has been invited by the Friends of the World Food Program to represent his organization and as acting UN delegate to the Andes Mountains in Peru on a mission to see how monetary efforts from his benefit concert series and those from the WFP USA (formerly Friends of the World Food Program) have been successfully utilized. The 5-day trip will begin on March 15th.

“For me it's an incredible honor to work with, and help the WFP USA (formerly Friends of the World Food Program).” states Moore “To be invited as a US Delegate for the WFP USA (formerly Friends of the World Food Program) to Peru is a huge honor for me, and I'm really excited about all that we will get to see and experience there.”

“Kelly Moore’s dedication and enthusiasm to this cause has been highly beneficial to our work,” said Karen Sendelback, former President and CEO, WFP USA (formerly Friends of the World Food Program). “Through his efforts, we raised awareness and funds to help feed hungry people all over the world.”

“We are thrilled that Kelly Moore will be joining us on this trip,” said Margot Hoerrner, former Vice President of Outreach, WFP USA (formerly Friends of the World Food Program). “This experience will provide him with a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the people he has worked so hard to help.”

Moore had also volunteered his time to the Friends of The World Food Program as a US Delegate to Nicaragua in July 2008, where he had made a substantial impact on the children in the regions most hit by hunger, and was able to deliver first hand the results of the contributions taken in by his foundation.

Recently, Moore released his music album “Silently Hoping” where a portion of proceeds from the sale of the album goes to the Friends of the World Food Program and other humanitarian organizations as well as local food cupboards. The title track of the album was inspired by his experiences with the children he met in Nicaragua. Since its inception in late 2006, Music For Mankind® has been able to feed over 32,000 children in various local and regional areas of Vermont, as well as remote countries across the globe.

More information can be found at the following websites:
www.musicformankind.net
www.myspace.com/musicformankind
http://www.facebook.com

About the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: The Millennium Project was commissioned by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2002 to develop a concrete action plan for the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to reverse the grinding poverty, hunger and disease affecting billions of people. In 2005, the independent advisory body headed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, presented its final recommendations to the Secretary-General in a synthesis volume “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals.”